The killer stuff: The Eye Colour Quads in Wild Violet and Shy Violet. Both contain four gorgelicious shades of purple. And they actually have somewhat helpful names: Wild Violet is brighter (a.k.a., wilder); Shy Violet --OK, you get the picture.

I love running my flat eyeliner brush over the deepest purples and smushing them into my lash line. I leave the rest of my lids bare so my friends won't think I've enrolled in Clown College. Or, I use a big, fat shadow brush to scribble the palest lilacs over my entire lid, from lash line to brow bone. I finish this look with a wallop of black mascara so my eyes still look defined, not lost in a purple haze.

Any way you use them, it's going to look flattering: Purple brings out the golden flecks in your eyes, even more so if your eyes are green or hazel. And mercifully, none of these shades make you look as if you got in a girlfight with Michelle Rodriguez.